Journalism in European prisons explores social function, institutional limits, and freedom of expression within confinement.
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Journalism within European prisons represents a complex intersection where the right to information meets significant challenges. Behind prison walls, journalism functions not merely as storytelling but as an exercise of citizenship and a tool for mutual understanding between inmates and the outside world, often involving conflict between freedom of expression, security, and disciplinary power. In Italy and across Europe, publications created in prisons document a largely unseen yet important narrative characterized by openings, resistances, daily achievements, and structural weaknesses. Alessio Scandurra, coordinator of Antigone, an association monitoring detention conditions in Italy for over thirty years, states that prison journalism plays an essential role by making visible what typically remains hidden behind the walls—a social space that exists but is largely unknown.
